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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 5, 2017Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Jan 5, 2017, 3:24 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2017, 3:24 AM HST (13:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2017, 3:35 PM HST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Hawaii County, HI

The radar

The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2017-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2017-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1151 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
WWHW70 PHFO 051324
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
324 AM HST THU JAN 5 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TODAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE
VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE HIGH SUMMITS OF THE BIG
ISLAND TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 12000 FEET.

HIZ028-060230-
/O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170106T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.170105T1324Z-170106T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
324 AM HST THU JAN 5 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM HST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING AND HIKING VERY
  DANGEROUS. THESE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TENTS AND SLAM DOORS OPEN
  OR CLOSED FORCEFULLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TRAVEL TO THE
SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS...DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND BE CAREFUL OPENING
AND CLOSING DOORS.

&&

$$

JACOBSON
1 follow-up statement
376 
WWHW70 PHFO 060135
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
335 PM HST THU JAN 5 2017

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.
THESE WINDS MAY CONTINUE...AND POSSIBLY INCREASE...INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

HIZ028-061445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170106T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.170106T0135Z-170107T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
335 PM HST THU JAN 5 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS MAY
  CONTINUE...AND POSSIBLY INCREASE...INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  SATURDAY.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 40 TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. THESE
  WINDS CAN SLAM DOORS OPEN OR CLOSED FORCEFULLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE
  DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...
OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
WROE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 7:19 PM HSTWind AdvisoryHFOHawaii8 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.